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the sun. Eye, small, and partially open, set in a wide, shallow, and 

 plaited basin. Stalk, very short and fleshy, almost imbedded in a 

 deep and wide cavity, which is smooth or rarely marked with russet. 

 Flesh, yellowish white, delicate, very juicy, with a sweet and briskly 

 acid flavour. 



A cuUnary apple of first-rate quality; in use from October to 

 January. 



The tree attains a pretty good size, is hardy, vigorous, and a good 

 bearer. 



This is a very old and favourite apple, first mentioned by Eay, and enumerated 

 in the list of Leonard Meager as one of the varieties then cultivated in the London 

 nurseries in 1670. Mortimer made a sad lamentation on the fancied degeneration 

 of the Kentish Pippin, which I have quoted in treating of the Golden Pippin. 



KERRY PIPPIN {Edmonton; Aromatic Pippin). — Fruit, below 

 medium size ; oval, sometimes roundish-oval. Skin, smooth and 

 shining, greenish yellow at first, but changing as it ripens to a fine 

 clear pale yellow colour, tinged and streaked with red, on the side next 

 the sun, but sometimes, when fuUy exposed, one half of the surface is 

 covered with bright shining crimson, streaked with deeper crimson ; it 

 is marked on the shaded side with some traces of delicate russet. Eye, 

 small and closed, with broad, erect, and acuminate segments, set in a 

 shallow basin, which is generally surrounded with five prominent 

 plaits. Stalk, slender, three quarters of an inch long, obliquely inserted 

 in a small cavity, by the side of a fleshy protuberance. Flesh, 

 yellowish white, firm, crisp, and very juicy, with a rich, sugary, brisk, 

 and aromatic flavour. 



An early dessert apple of the highest excellence ; it is in use during 

 September and October. The tree is a free grower, hardy, and a 

 good bearer, attaining about the middle size. It is well adapted for 

 grafting on the paradise stock, and being grown either as a dwarf or 

 espalier. 



This variety was introduced chiefly through the instrumentality of Mr. Robert- 

 son, the nurseryman of Kilkenny, ia Ireland. 



KESWICK CODLIN. — Fruit, above medium size, two inches and 

 three quarters wide, and the same in height ; conical, angular in its 

 outline, the angles on its sides running to the crown, where they form 

 rather acute ridges round the eye. Skin, rather pale yellow on the 

 shaded side, but deeper yellow with an orange or blush tinge on the 

 side next the sun. Eye, closed, with long narrow segments, and set in 

 a pretty deep and rather puckered basin. Stalk, about a quarter of an 

 inch long, downy, inserted in a deep cavity, which is marked with 

 russet. Flesh, pale yellowish white, very juicy, tender, and soft, with a 

 brisk and pleasant flavour, but becomes mealy after being- kept for a 

 month. 



One of the earliest and most valuable of our culinary appks. It may 

 be used for tarts so early as the eni of June, but it is in perfection 

 during August and September. 



